October 2023: New Kaikōkiri Announced
The J R McKenzie Trust is pleased to announce its most recent funding recipients as follows:
Ngāti Rangatahi Whanaunga Assn Inc
$50,000 over one year
Ngāti Rangatahi Whanaunga Assn Inc is a small Trust with aspirations of supporting the descendants of its tupuna through whakapapa, mātauranga, pūrākau, tikanga, waiata, waiata tawhito, and Māori models of practice. This funding is to support the Ngā Rautaki o Ngāti Rangatahi project, which is designed to connect uri to their whakapapa, mātauranga, and tikanga.
Māori Women's Welfare League Inc - Te Mātātahi Branch
$50,000 over one year
Founded in 1951, Te Rōpū Wāhine Māori Toko i te Ora (Māori Women’s Welfare League Inc.) is the only national charitable Māori Women’s Organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand. Since the League was founded, it remains principally concerned with the wellbeing of Māori women and their whanau, to enable and empower them to follow and achieve their aspirations. This funding is to support the Tūtira initiative, which aims to be a practical source of guidance to organisations, to help those in decision-making positions understand and respond to inequities.
$108,000 over one year
Tangata Marae has a unique history with and close connections to Hinerangi Tawhaki Marae, Te Ōhaki Marae, and Tamapango Marae. Ngā uri o Tangata are all descendants of Te Korowhiti Tuataka and Edward Douglas-Landells (married 1870). The Douglas Marae whare tūpuna opened on 25 December 1930 and in 1972, the marae was renamed Tangata Marae and gazetted. This funding will support the facilitation of educational wellbeing workshops and wānanga, that are easily accessible for whānau to attend, and will allow the Trust to engage a Pouārahi (Project Coordinator) to lead and enhance project leadership.
$140,000 over two years
Te Waka Parepareaa Trust was established in 2021 with a purpose of unlocking the potential of whānau, whenua, and communities by providing the expertise and resources to assist whānau with future development(s) that caters to the holistic wellbeing of the people. This funding will support the Māori Land Navigation Pilot Programme for Youth (2023 – 2024) which will enable savvy Youth Land Navigators to navigate, awhi, and support their whānau, hapū, kaumātua, and kuia with processes that deal with whenua Māori.
$150,000 over two years
Niuvaka Trust has a mission to work cooperatively with Tagata Pasifika, Pasifika communities, and Pasifika families to build their capacity and capability. Its purpose is to work with Pasifika communities for the realisation of their aspirations and its vision is for Tagata Pasifika to be ‘Thriving, Flourishing, and Resilient’. This funding will support the Trust to employ a Business Manager whose key focus areas will be revenue sharing and income generation opportunities and exploring social enterprise activities with relevant 'for-profit' business strategies that include social goals. The aim is to work towards a more financially sustainable and viable operational model that will enable Niuvaka Trust to continue its work long into the future.
$92,000 over two years
TCLD is a small trust, with dedicated and passionate workers who willingly serving their community who are those residing at home (rural, isolated, remote, and predominantly Māori of Te Āti Haunui-ā-Pāpārangi iwi descent), within its eight settlements along the Whanganui River Road and beside Te Awa Tupua. This funding will support TCLD to continue on its journey towards self-reliance and enable it to uplift and empower its awa community of people to live their best lives and lifestyles.